Be Nice to Your Boss: How to Succeed Without Seeming Tody

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around strategies for improving relationships with bosses in a workplace setting, particularly focusing on how to be nicer without appearing overly subservient or insincere. Participants explore various approaches and attitudes towards workplace dynamics.

Discussion Character

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  • Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses a desire to be nicer to their bosses to improve workplace harmony but is unsure how to do so without seeming like a toady.
  • Another participant humorously suggests that happy employees might be engaged in unethical behavior, implying skepticism about the authenticity of such happiness.
  • A different viewpoint suggests simply being less mean to bosses as a straightforward approach.
  • One participant proposes that doing what bosses ask without question could be an effective strategy for improving relations.
  • Several posts reference a historical figure, Marlow Hood, in a lighthearted manner, indicating a playful tone in discussing the consequences of mismanagement or dishonesty.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants present a variety of strategies and humorous takes on the topic, but there is no clear consensus on the best approach to take. The discussion remains unresolved with multiple competing views on how to navigate workplace relationships.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express uncertainty about the effectiveness of their proposed strategies, and there are references to historical figures that may not directly relate to the current workplace context.

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To my boss, since all my plans to escape from this place have come to nothing, and i may be here for some time yet, i thought i should try to be nicer to my boss'es, trouble is i do not know how, i have got away with some serious remarks in the past, it is not that i am afeared of them any more now than in the past, it is i would like things to go a bit smoother,
so how can i be nicer to them whithout seeming to be toady.
I know i will hate myself after a week or two of being Mr nice guy, but i am willing to suffer.
 
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Happy, smiling employees are like that because they're embezzling something.
 
Rach3 said:
Happy, smiling employees are like that because they're embezzling something.

I know my name can be linked to an old time outlaw, but i do not want to become a hood :biggrin:
 
Just be mean to them less.
 
Do what they ask without question or comment. That would probably be a good start.
 
wolram said:
I know my name can be linked to an old time outlaw, but i do not want to become a hood :biggrin:
Marlow Hood - that was a bad rascal! Didn't he get hanged for overstating profits? In for a penny, in for a pound/
 
turbo-1 said:
Marlow Hood - that was a bad rascal! Didn't he get hanged for overstating profits? In for a penny, in for a pound/

No you have picked the famous side of my family :frown: none of them got hanged AFAIK.
 

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